“Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.”

—  Stephen Hawking

Interview "Colonies in space may be only hope, says Hawking" by Roger Highfield in Daily Telegraph (16 October 2001) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/16/nhawk16.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/10/16/ixhome.html

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